“The View” co-hosts on Monday sought to justify President Joe Biden's pardon of his son Hunter, arguing that the president took the step to protect him from President-elect Donald Trump. did.
Biden faces nine charges in California for failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes between 2016 and 2019 for his son, who was convicted of three firearms felonies. , officially issued a full pardon. A lame-duck presidential pardon would also effectively close that door. All charges regarding his son's time on the board of a now-defunct Ukrainian gas company and his alleged spreading of influence schemes. Co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Ana Navarro said that Biden initially had no intention of pardoning Hunter, but that his son was spared from President Trump's alleged plan to exact “vengeance and revenge” against his political opponents. He claimed that he had decided to pardon him in order to protect him.
“It’s an eye-opening precedent for all of us because they elected someone who was in a similar situation.” [Trump]”He didn't have a drug problem, he knew what he was doing, he was very clear and firm and said, 'I can do this,' and he did it,” Goldberg said. spoke. “So I think this is very different than any other situation we've ever dealt with for so many reasons, because we're talking about who gets a pardon and who doesn't get a pardon. Biden had no intention of pardoning Hunter. And the more things worked out, the more he said, “Why do I need to stand up and do this when no one else is doing it?'' ” I think he said. ”
Navarro added: “What we have to realize about what happened during this time is that Donald Trump campaigned on retribution, vengeance, retaliation.” Ta. “He has appointed people to law enforcement positions who say, 'We are here for retribution and revenge.' So Joe Biden, at the behest of those who say he will retaliate, has appointed his only son, Hunter. I couldn't leave it alone.”
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Navarro, along with co-host Sunny Hostin, argued that the pardon of Charles Kushner, the father-in-law of Trump's daughter Ivanka, was far worse than Biden's pardon of Hunter. The president-elect pardoned Kushner in December 2020, after he was convicted of tax evasion and other crimes in 2004. (Related article: Andy McCarthy says Hunter Biden was “pardoned for charges that no American should be forgiven.'')
“Trump has escaped responsibility for all his crimes,” co-host Sunny Hostin said. “He's appointed Charles Kushner, who he pardoned as you mentioned, to be ambassador to France. You know what that nice, easy job that every felon wants? So this country… Forgive me for my hypocritical pearl-clutching. Eric Holder said, “No American lawyer would have prosecuted this case given the basic facts that have been investigated for five years.'' Well said. Less than, get this, 0.09% of people are charged, indicted, indicted, and convicted of lying on a gun possession application. The only reason Hunter Biden was tracked down, indicted, prosecuted, and convicted was because his father's name was Joe Biden, not Joe Smith. And that's the truth. ”
Co-host Alyssa Farrar Griffin said the pardon sends a message that the country's system only benefits the elite, and Biden has repeatedly said Hunter would not receive a pardon from his father. criticized him and the White House. Goldberg said Biden “can do whatever he wants” because he is the president of the United States, which Griffin said is a dangerous precedent.
Biden said on Sunday. statement Few Americans are prosecuted for providing false information on gun purchase forms or failing to pay back taxes on time. A Delaware jury in June convicted Hunter of three felonies for knowingly purchasing a Colt Cobra in 2018 while under the influence of drugs and for lying on a gun purchase form. He was sentenced to up to 17 years in prison for six misdemeanor charges and three other charges. Felony tax levied against him.
playing cards referred to In a post on Truth Social on Monday, he criticized the pardon as an “abuse and misuse of justice.”
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